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Even the âhardâ sciences are considered âsoftâ if women go into them:
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So, SSDD⌠
To make matters worse, when women increasingly enter a field, the average pay in that field tends to decline, relative to other fields. Levanon, England, and Allison (2009) found that when more women entered an industry, the relative pay of that industry 10 years later was lower. Specifically, they found evidence of devaluationâmeaning the proportion of women in an occupation impacts the pay for that industry because work done by women is devalued.
I really hope the efforts towards salary transparency regulations and pay equity gain traction and spread across the country. Otherwise, this trend will continue for another 20+ years.
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This is often put forth as an explanation for how pediatricians became the lowest paid specialty in medicine, and if you compare the gender makeup vs avg reimbursement, it rings true.
ETA
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That was an interesting listen
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CPCsâlargely non-medical, faith-based facilities whose central mission is to dissuade pregnant people from obtaining abortions.
As Texas abortion clinics have dwindled over the years due to increasingly restrictive state lawsâfrom around 40 before 2013 to 20 todayâCPCs have proliferated. There are now nearly 200 of them in Texasâthe most in any stateâincluding about 60 that receive taxpayer funds and are not regulated by the state health commission. In the United States overall, CPCs outnumber abortion clinics three to one.
Letâs mess with Texas. Itâs past time
eta: fixed grammar mistake. thanks chgoliz
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Past
But yes, agree with the sentiment!
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March 8th Edit-a-thon, a concerted effort to spend the day adding women and their accomplishments to Wikipedia, including correcting erroneous information when necessary.
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Iâll start getting ready for it, and will spread the word. Thanks for the heads-up!
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Now Iâm trying to remember what movie or TV show had a character who used âpastâ instead of âpassedâ (as in âpast (sic) awayâ) on his fatherâs tombstone because it was less expensiveâŚ?
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Thank you! I knew I saw it somewhere. 
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Youâre welcome. I wish there was a search engine just for comedy. Iâve watched so many performances, but trying to find something based on a punchline or theme can be really frustrating! 
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According to an article on BMJ Global Health, ââvirginityâ testing involves visual inspection of the hymenal membrane by a medical professional. In some cases, the examination includes a âtwo-fingerâ test to assess the size of the vaginal opening.â
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The UK Home Office tested women as a means of immigration control and for this, a formal apology has never been issued.
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âWe found that gynaecological as well as other bodily examinations were conducted on South Asian women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan [and] Bangladesh, as well as Heathrow,â Smith tells CNN.
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Ann Arborâs new ordinance requiring supplies free of charge in all public restrooms is now in effect, too!
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Follow up on the Cuomo affair.
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